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There’s a growing feeling that the use of social apps has crossed the limits of being beneficial into becoming harmful. What if you wanted to reduce your quick peeks into facebook and twitter messages, who is going to keep a watch for you. Enter the antisocial, an app that keeps living on your phone and watch your usage.

What if you could build your own audio soundscape to soothe your mind. Think of a yoga session by the ocean, turn on the ocean waves add some faint flute playing in the background and you could drift into serenity in minutes.

Strengthening eyes could be easier if you knew what exercises to do. Eye care plus suggests exercises based on times like morning or evening. The gamified approach to building a eye exercise habit works well too.

This app has been caring for our eyes over the past week and we must say there is a slight difference in focus on nearby objects, psychological? not really sure but definitely seems to make a difference.

By the time we reach adult life we are bombarded with 100’s of ideas from how to live a better life to Ideas on better productivity, healthier living, better sleeping, more energy. The tips and habits are endless.

Somewhere in between these ideas, our enthusiasm to build great habits drowns and we give up. We would have benefited if we could have picked just one or two habits at a time and stuck it out.

The Fabulous app sorts through the mess of good habits to be adopted and presents them in a beautiful and motivating UI.

Mindfulness is considered the new mantra for a more fulfilling life. The idea of staying in the present has been the cornerstone of many philosophies over the ages. Today’s mindfulness is the modern-day approach of calming the mind chatter devoid of the religious or philosophical associations. Calm is just the app to get us there over time. The app has many meditation and relaxation routines for daily practice.

Though many of them are paid for by a subscription, the free 7 day bundled course is good enough to bring a difference in most people’s busy lives. Moreover it does not end with 7 days, you can continue to practice the learnings everyday but minus the coaching voice over. So give it a try if you are inclined towards mind trainings, yoga and meditation.

Once in a while comes along an app that is hard to describe as useful for normal people but invaluable for a small select group. uSound falls into that category, it’s a free trail for 14 days, but we thought it deserved a special mention for the few folks who need hearing assistance. First of all its a paid app, but read on before you jump to conclusions. For most normal people we may never get to appreciate its usefulness. But uSound is indispensable and value for money for the hearing impaired.

If happiness is a goal that you are running after, Happify aims to take you there with lots of mental stimulation, games and activities. You can choose to have a Happify session for relaxing or stress reduction. Though a unique concept for an app it does have scientific backing if you do the research about what the app is making you do. We have’nt tried it long enough for long-term effect, but definitely a one of a kind app on the play store. (Note: its beta and lot of InApp purchases)- TheAppCurators